Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2009

This was my first time making any type of coffee cake. I followed the recipe exactly. I found that the 2 pears were plenty. The result..delicious! My family loved it!

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Reviewed: Sep. 30, 2009

Using two ripe pears is just enough to make one layer of sliced pears with very little overlapping, and next time I think I might add another pear to make a thicker pear layer. I put the pear slices in the middle as directed, but did not use the pear and lemon juice that drained away as I thought it might be soggy. I baked it for 55 min on convection bake and an additional 5 min on regular bake, and I thought it was just perfect! Very pretty too. The only change I made was to substitute a little applesauce for part of the butter in the batter.

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Living In: Conifer, Colorado, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2009

Super yummy. Not too sweet. Big hit with the guests.

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Home Town: Sarasota, Florida, USA

Living In: Margate, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2009

This cake was still mush in the middle after 50 minutes and I always use an oven thermometer to make sure my oven is properly heated. I wonder if this recipe was originally made in a convection oven? After 75 minutes I took it out (top was getting to brown) even though the knife still was a little moist. It needs the full hour to cool and continue to cook, even though the warm pears are yummy. I roasted the nuts in the oven to enhance their flavor before chopping. While making the cake I thought “this better be good for all the bowls I will be washing” and it is. Even my picky-pooh husband, who always has something to say about how a recipe could be better, liked it. Would have given 5 stars if the sides and top hadn't gotten a little to brown and dry.

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valerie

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Living In: San Francisco, California, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2009

I am not quite sure what I did wrong, but it took a lot longer than 55 minutes to cook this. My oven is calibrated correctly (I bake a LOT) and I used a 9-inch springform pan. It still ended up baking this about 75 minutes. When the cake was done, it tasted good and was moist, but it was still a bit too squishy in the very center. Maybe the pears I used were too big and juicy? Anyway, this does taste good and I recommend it, expecially if you are looking to bake with pears. Just make sure to check the middle with a toothpick before you finish baking.

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2008

more like a pear crumble than a cake. but it's quite good. thanks for the recipe.

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Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2008

I made this cake today at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon and when my daughter dropped by after work, she tasted it, and took half. Really good. Terry

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Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2008

I never made coffee cake before, and this was really good. I didn't really notice the pears much, since they have such a mild flavor, but thought this was moist and tasty. I don't have a spring form pan, so cooked this in a 9" round cake pan which I greased, and it slid out easily onto the wire rack.

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Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2008

It was gobbled up at work very quickly. Made a moist dense cake. I was not sure how to divide the nuts and filling/topping. I just ended up whirling the butter, nuts, etc. in the food processor and putting half in the middle of the cake and the other half on top. That seemed to work fine. I used three smallish pears, and chopped them in the processor as well. I lined the bottom of the springform pan w/ parchment, and it was easy to pop the cake out, invert, peel off the paper, then re-invert onto a serving plate without the bottom of the pan on the plate.

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TOYMOMMY

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Home Town: Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

Living In: Troy, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2008

Fabulous!! My mom has pear trees in her yard and I ended up coming back home with 3 big boxes of pears that needed to be used up. I came across this recipe in my searches and figured I'd give it a try. I was not disappointed! It came out very moist and full of flavour! The only changes I made were cutting back the sugar to 3/4 cup and I used 3 pears instead of 2 (since I have so many!). I'll be making another of these (or 2 or 3) before the week is out.

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Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2008

Scrumptious. I had to make two in two days to satisfy my family.

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Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2008

I made this recipe a couple times about eight years ago and everyone including myself loved it. I have been searching for it since then because my grandmother threw away the magazine it was in. I am very pleased to have found it at this web site. I can't wait to make it again. Thank you.

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